Luke 19:1-6

1Jesus went into Jericho and he was walking through the city.

2There was a man there called Zacchaeus. He was a leader of the men who took taxes from people. He had become very rich.

3He was trying to see who Jesus was. There was a big crowd there and he was a small man. So he could not see Jesus.

4He ran on in front of the crowd and he climbed up a tree. He could see Jesus more easily from the tree, because Jesus would walk along that way.

5When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up at Zacchaeus. He said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down quickly. Today I must stay in your home.’

6So Zacchaeus came down immediately and took Jesus into his home. He was very happy about this.